Sodalite (Hackmanite) with Chkalovite, Phosphorescent Greenland
Greenland offers up some of the most interesting pieces of hackmanite, usually with the brightest fluorescence. This piece checks all the...
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Minerals that are fluorescent under shortwave, midwave, and/or longwave UV from around the world. Each database entry shows white light photos along with UV photos, as well as localities and descriptions. Use the index to search for specific minerals, or fluorescent minerals from a region. If this page is entered via the index, the results are filtered.
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Sodalite Var. Hackmanite from Afghanistan
Nice little specimen of deeply tenebrescent hackmanite with [richterite?] from the Koksha Valley, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan,...
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"Rainbow" assortment of longwave UV reactive minerals
As all experienced fluorescent minerals collectors know, shortwave UV is the wavelength under which there's the greatest variety of...
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Hackmanite, feldspar, astrophyllite, etc, from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Shown in the slideshow below is a nice combination piece consisting mostly of brightly fluorescing hackmanite, with some SW fluorescing...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Davis Quarry, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Beautiful specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from the now inaccessible Davis quarry, near Bancroft. This specimen was given to me by a...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Nice cabinet-sized specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. It is...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Small but pretty nice specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario, Canada. It is...
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LW, MW & SW tenebrescent hackmanite - Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Shown here is a nice cabinet-sized specimen of sodalite var. hackmanite, from a recent find in the District of Sudbury, in Ontario,...
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Sodalite - Ilímaussaq Complex, Greenland
Colorless Greenland sodalite with bright orange LW fluorescence, red-orange SW fluorescence, and tenebrescent change to purple for...
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Hackmanite, Cryolite, and Feldspar; Kola Peninsula, Russia
Some think this piece looks like a cross between Nemo and Dory, regardless, it's an interesting and allegedly relatively rare. It's...
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Tugtupite, Sodalite, and Other Favorites from the Tasseq Slope, Greenland
Brick-shaped rock consisting of white to light pink tugtupite, light colored sodalite (var. hackmanite), grey analcime, chkalovite and...
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Deeply Tenebrescent Sodalite / Hackmanite Bright fluorescence w/ lots of color and hues, - deep col
Hackmanite from Greenland offers the most striking color change (tenebrescence) I have seen from any place in the world. Most sodalite...
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Red Sodalite (Hackmanite) with Pzazz - Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
"Red" sodalite is found in one area along the southern shore of the Tunuliarfik Fjord. It is so named because the almost colorless...
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Richly Colored Sodalite (Hackmanite) from Afghanistan
Richly Colored Sodalite (Hackmanite) from Afghanistan
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Sodalite, var. Hackmanite, Davis Quarry, Bancroft, Canada
This blocky specimen of hackmanite is from the Davis Quarry, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Under long wave UV it shows a bright, saturated,...
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Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Gem Phlogopite - Afghanistan
The first pic shows this specimen under shortwave UV, while the 2nd pic shows the longwave view. The gallery provides other views,...
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Phlogopite, Hackmanite, Winchite; Sar-E-Sang, Afghanistan
Phlogopite, hackmanite, and winchite from Sar-E-Sang Jurm, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The phlogopite, a mica, glows yellow, the...
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Purple Hackmanite - Afghanistan
If you like fluorescent rocks you will really like this. I recently purchased a flat of top grade extreme color changing hackmanite mine...
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Strangely Tenebrescent Sodalite on Feldspar, Dramatic color contrast, Unique tenebrescence
I’ve handled a lot of sodalite/hackmanite from Greenland (and other parts of the world) but this material is the strangest I’ve seen....
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Sodalite and Ussingite, w/ Epistolite - Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
Greenland sodalite has a striking fluorescence - probably the brightest in the world. Under longwave it is usually blinding and under SW...
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